Scott Horton on the axing of Tamarah Grimes
Did DOJ Retaliate Against Siegelman Whistleblower?
By Scott Horton
In a nine-page June 1, 2009 letter to her boss, Attorney General Eric Holder, Tamarah Grimes, a member of the Justice Department team that prosecuted former Alabama Governor Don Siegelman, itemized an astonishing list of acts of misconduct by her colleagues as they developed what they called “the Big Case.”
· Two key witnesses were cajoled, coached, and pressured to change their testimony to better support the charges. This specifically included the key evidence given by one witness on which Siegelman was convicted. But, as Grimes notes, the witness in fact had no recollection of the events-he was pressured to recount them in a way that suited the prosecutors.
· Documents were purloined from a Waste Management site.
· Members of the prosecution team communicated directly with a pro-prosecution juror while
the case was pending and afterwards.
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